JULIEN IRONWORKS IN BOBREK, DISTRICT OF BEUTHEN, UPPER SILESIA

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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION .REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY
Poland
DATE DISTR.
19 June 1954
SUBJECT
Julien Ironworks in Bobrek, District
of Beuthheng Upper Silesia
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September 1948
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1 The Julien Ironworks is primarily responsible for securing the
pig required by the Combined Upper Silesian Ironworks,
1356 : Construction.cf the 1.7oritz Ironworks in Bobrek (Q 51/Y 47).
It first four blast furnaces w,iere bu'.It,
1333 : The 1 oritz Ironworks' purchased by the !%J,, Caro Sc Sohn
T holesalel Iron. 2irm in Broslata (P 51/C 41 a The plant was then
desi;nEted Julien. Ironworks and was further expanded.
13109 The plant. was transferred to the Upper Silesian Iron Industry
OMoration for T.TininZ and Ironworks in Gleiwitz (Gliwice-.Q 51/`Y 37)
1925/ 1926 : The plant was transzf 3rred to l'-.o Combined Upper
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1945/1946 : After the Polish occupation of Silesia the slant was
turned into a Polish Natiinalized Enterprise.
Ingot steel )
slabs
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billets )
Open-hearth steel (normal
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Industry .and household co?zze
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650 to 700 tons daily
1 x.100 tons daily
special trade) 1'000 to 1 200 tons
daily
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Rolled products (1947) 2659000 tons
Ammonia
Tar
Hard pitch
Naphthalene
Benzol
Forromaflg?tinese
"eta]lur;ical refractory stones
Cyanide blast furnace slat;
Highly porous lump slay; for filtering ; plants
Letallurgical pumice concrete
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Blast f urnace department
Ore sinterin plant
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et-~cleaPin r l ant
Co!':in plant
5teeltorks
Rolling M
Gas engine station
Agglomerating slant
Dolomite plant
S1 a stone factory
Po1..er station.
Benzol factory
Details on the },lent installations
a. Blast furnace department
Seven, ,.71aat furnaces (four in oreratir;n)
Blast engines (electric o-e~er?ation)
Daily furnace capacity : 300 tons
b? Ore sintering lant
Four pans; 47125 to 2e070 nn, size each
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.rate surf-ice : 00.4 sc' uare n otc~rs
St-,: bran'rers -Itk feedin device
includin for for ore, one for col:o dust and one for sieved returns
One mixing drum, 2.5 r:ietors i:. diameter, 7 meters ion'.;
cap.city : 20 revolutions per minute
One mobile vaeiu iln m.-aclii.no
One tir_ in:, bucket e1ev^tor
One btu *or for r_di :in and bedding r laterial
c. .et-cleanin pIant
Tvo whirl.inr; macfhines, 13 meters :nd 3 meter=.- i-. di ur~otnr
One "Simplex-' .hot-vias 3i.ri _1_.ra.t
inpaection cooler (?) 14 meter:? ,;i;;h, 5-0 meters in dli-.;'.etcK r?
one disintegrator !: "I)ing1er='clesi n) , earn-city 30,OO0 cubic meters per
hour
One ,rater separator, 5?5 meters 4.7 meters in. di n: fete
C1^rifyin ; plant consisting of t 13a1 .ag--, "Borsig", and "Dorr?"-
thic?.eners, mudconveyi.n:-it.h 1 r . e Bred er
d> Cokin 1-int
220 coke ovens
coking of coal rninod in Al ekinds of seams of the Upper Silesian
Coal # istrict (except non--baking coal)
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?.xn; plant
Tvio p:i.g iron mixers inclu::'in, one 15O-ton tilting roller (?) r;i xer
operated by a 30 UP D.Cu motor
Six transy ortation cranes includin ; ti,-.-o Z.:ith a load capacity o
60 tons
Gas generator l;l-s:nt
Each of:'en-hearth furnace has its own - s producer battery consisting
of three has producers '.- ith dust collectors and as .flues
Furnace dep rtr.iont, all _ _?rnaces viere converted to the ":iryerz'- design
laot :een 1920 and. 1.923,
Seven open-hearth furnaces, nechanical char in , nixed g:Is heating
(producer, coke oven and blast furnace gas)
consisting of sax stationary furrk .ces, 9 meters lon g 5 ? eters wide
and one tiltin-, furnace, lh motors long, 5.6 .meters wide
Six furnaces are in opc `ation
Each of the stationary furnaces has a volumetric car ac.ty of 45
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t;C?7?c9 j '? g e ~~~' e. y'! t' ,'?rac ty of the t:l1t:l.n.- furnace s tons.
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Daily outr,u.t nor furnace : 205 to 210 tons
'_'ia,gnet crane
Transportation cr.,_jn0s
L-hrp cars
Llectric suspension railway for conveying ra^torial fror:7 the scrap
dump to the steelworks
Pig iron foundry riiac pines ("Unhling" design)
Soaking pit furnace department
Soaking pit furnaces j:-ith aiutori jti.c slag removal ("Schruff"
p . ,. ent )
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Sermi--gas firing for heating cold and warn in;ots to rolling fete-
porature
Special ingot erne' (grub cranes) Ingot tipper
sable rollers
t:11, these devices are operated by 4 DC motors (440 volt).
g. Rolling Mill (rever'5-ing rolling mill)
Circumference of roll : 2,900 mm
Diameter of roll : 1,050 mri
rani.pul.ators and shifting devices (electr_c operation )
Two table rollers v ith shears (connected by friction rolls)
(1) Table roller
Two shears for cross sections ISO mm in diwi.oter (electr.c opera
ation); flying roll system.
Claw boar,' (' )
-.Lleetro_macnetie grab crane
(2) Table roller
One shear for cross sections ranging from 130 to 400 mm in dia
meter (pnetaLic-hydraulic operation)
Flying roller system
Claw board
Two electro-.mn neti.c grab cranes
1 itti cc euo1jS:;a .e 1t i
Loading cranes
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h. Gas en:.,ine station
The modern coke batteries produce a considerable gas surplus
which is used as heating gas.
I. Agglomerating plant
Rotary furnace, 30 meters lon , 1.9 meters in